The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

WARM and comfortable stables, sheds,
ETC., economic fodder.
MANY accidents will be avoided by put
ting brass knobs on the tips of the horns of
cattle.
A PENNY before the eye frequently pre-.
vents many close-sighted farmers from
seeing the dollars in the distance, in we'll
cultivated, well-stocked farms.
THERE is no use of a chick or hen having
the gapes for twenty-four hours. A few
drops of camphor and water down the
throat is a sure cure. I never knew a sec
ond dose to fail--Cor. Poultry Keeper.
In preparing food for stock, says the Troy
Times, such as cooked vegetables, chopped
feed, ETC., always season with salt. Every
animal Graves it, and must have a certain
amount of saline matter introduced int its
system to enable it to thrive.
If you can give your animals an occa-
sional change in their food you will find
hat they will eat with more relish, and
what they get will do them more good,
than if confined to a regular diet. Your
horse is very much like yourself In this
particular Indianapolis Journal.
D.. A. JONES, of Beeton, Can, uses
chloroform in Introducing queens. He is
said to be very successful, seldom losing O
queen when introduced in that way. He
puts a few drops of chloroform on a rag or
sponge in the smoker, and giving a few
puffs in at the entrance, Supplies them,
and by the time the bees recover from
their stupor they know nothing of what
has happened.
THERE is no fixed rule for milking kick
ing cows, but a correspondent in an
exchange names the following as his
method: Approach the COW whistling,
singing or talking, to attract her attention.
Lean gently against her side and tell her
to hoist Place the head against her and
adjust the stool, sit down and gently grasp
the farther fore teat, then the near one,
and with the head still resting against her,
keep milking and whistling until the job Is
done."
THE bones go from the table to the dog,
which, as a matter of course, as it is char
acteristic of dog kind, after finishing his
repast, leaves them in the grass or any
where he happens to be. ga nuisance"
you say. Surf enough, but we can tur
them to good account, if no other way is
open, by digging a trench at the base of the
grape-vines aud burying the bones in it,
where they will help ~fertilize and increase
the growth of the vines. Try it.-Detro1
Tribune.
ONE of the most important values OF fer
tilizers is their action on quick growing
crops. Strawberries, for example, must
gather most of their food in three weeks,
and that in time must have it in super
abundance in most available form. Grass,
on the other hand, takes as many months
to perfect its growth, and plenty of time to
gather its food, which is about,the same for
one-half a ton of timothy as for five thou
sand Quarts of Strawberries. - Prairie
Farmer.
DIR. G. O.. FRASER, of Randolph, O., says:
"Seeing different remedies recommended
for bee stings, I wish to say that 1 have
tried aIkalies, soda, ammonia, liquor
potassa. honey, rub with an onion, bruised
tobacco, ETC., and with thirty years. ex-
perience can say that a small amount Of
oil of cinnamon, applied with a small straw,
end of knitting needle or small splinter, is
worth more than all the rest.